Travel Blogs from Fort Pierre

... the tight greenish pine cones for the approaching winter. Yesterday, the squirrels were directly overhead dropping cones on our roof. MDM yelled "incoming" as I urged him to shoo them away from our RV. What a loud sound the small pincone made.

MDM went back to sleep after retrieving the heater from the basement. I didn't even know he had packed it. Thank goodness! Babe and Sister are sleeping as well and I am enjoying the beautiful view and watching ...

... on Lake Oahe, about 10 km off the highway and it was well marked on the road. It turned out to be a dirt road, not bad, leading from the middle of nowhere to nowhere. We thought it must be a hoax but on we went with not a soul or house or farm in sight. Voila, there was the lake suddenly with a picnic table under a tree on a rise, a good launch ramp into the lake and a single toilet ( longtrop ) with toilet paper as well. We where ...

... loved "freestyle" climbing on the formations off trail as there are only few restrictions in this park. What added to the drama were the warnings about rattlesnakes. They particularly like hiding in the rocks, so we had to really watch where we placed our hands when grabbing for support. Happily, we did not have any face-to-face encounters with these critters. Although the landscape appears somewhat muted midday, in the early ...

... definitely one of the highlights of our trip. We recommend this tour to anyone. We have much appreciation for the hundreds of men who toiled at this remarkable work of art and expression of patriotism. To this day it is a reminder of what these great Presidents gave for the foundation of the ...

... entered. We spent a few hours at the Shedd Aquarium, we saw pretty much everything that lives in the water, from fish to penguins. There was some really neat observation points, where we were able to have water pretty well on every side of us. We then left Chicago and spent the night at a highly over priced KOA campground in Union Illinois (about 1.5 hour out of Chicago).